My parents are the only two people I’ve ever seen put together Ikea furniture without wanting to cause bodily harm to the other person. I guess that explains why they’ve been married for 41 years.

I blame Full House for making me believe that people went on actual dates in high school. I’m still bitter about it.

I like everything you said here but I am now panicking - I’m not sure that I have your organizational skills and it sounds like I need them to navigate my kid’s social life when he’s old enough to have one.

Hee, that makes sense. Making my own baby food does feel fussy sometimes, but I do happen to be in the “jarred chicken seems weird” camp, so I do it anyway (also because I’m cheap and baby food is not). Soon I hope to simply mash up whatever I make for myself and kick baby food to the curb.

I just fed my baby homemade peas and carrots and I can’t remember if I bought organic or not. I assume I’m supposed to feel shame for that? Parents are supposed to feel shame for everything, after all. :-)

You know what’s funny, after having a kid I discovered that changing diapers wasn’t as bad as I thought. Being interrupted regularly by a baby that isn’t into sleep is as hellish as it sounds, on the other hand. And yes, I realized pretty quickly that if it is your kid, no one will take the midnight wakings off your…

Hahaha. I catch your drift. Autocorrect hates me.

That might be one of the greatest lines I have ever heard and I will be incorporating it into my life. “Either there is mutual respect or the conversation is over.” Terrific.

For various reasons, we do not post pictures of our son on Facebook at all. Time will tell if he appreciates our attempts to maintain his privacy or assumes that his parents don’t really love him.

I get some weird reactions occasionally when clients or other attorneys meet me for the first time because apparently I look younger than I am (to the point that it can be a credibility problem). I am grateful that much of my work is by phone and email - I can build up the client’s trust first.

Actually, while trying to conceive and not succeeding (though we did eventually), we got asked kid questions several times. It was very painful at the time and though I had already determined that questions about kids should be approached very carefully, I decided after that to simply avoid the subject unless the…

My view of parenting if that if you aren't going into it with the hope of loving and supporting a whole, fully independent person whose goals and interests may not line up with yours, you will likely be very disappointed.

I only have one child, and I may have another (I love my son but for now I'm happy with one), but this kind of thing drives me crazy. There are many kinds of happy families and many kinds of great parents! There are also many great people living happy lives who are not parents. I vote that we appreciate that not…

I have done this and it did really help. Poor kid is just minding his own business and Mom comes along picking at his head! :-) Doesn't seem to really bother him, though.

I must know more! After the slathering, did you just wait a while and rinse? We tried baby oil, then brushing with a soft brush and washing his hair, but it wasn't that effective. Even on babies I'm not so great with beauty routines...

I was a married, employed adult by the time 16 and Pregnant came out and it still scared to bejeezus out of me. It also reminds me that I am deeply, deeply grateful that I am not forever tied to the guys I liked and/or dated in high school.

Thank you for this comment and this is very much my experience. I grew up in an evangelical Protestant (but I don't think I would call them fundamentalist) church. I didn't know any Protestants who had a problem with birth control, drinking in moderation, dancing, tv, etc. as a kid and young adult. I am now more…

This happened to me TODAY so I am currently reading your comment while whisper-shouting "THIS!" repeatedly and seething with rage.

The current Supreme Court makes my blood boil, and we've probably got decades to go with most of the current crop of justices. Sigh.

This is what pisses me off. My employer should have no place in my medical decisions. (It also irritates me that people use medical care to address all kinds of medical needs that might arise from activities the church considers immoral, but they yammer on only about birth control. What is it with people and birth…